A public servant who suffered an injury during sex has received compensation as it happened on a work trip.

The Australian woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was having sex with a male friend at a motel in November 2007 when a glass light fitting came away from the wall above her bed.

The Australian woman (not pictured) won compensation after a sex-related injury

After receiving facial and psychological injuries she decided to file a Workers Compensation claim against ComCare, the federal government workplace safety body, however they rejected it.

Today, Justice John Nicholas from the Federal Court has ruled in her favour and agreed that the injuries were suffered in the course of her employment.

The woman, who is in her late 30s, was previously denied compensation by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, as ‘she was involved in a recreational activity which her employer had not induced, encouraged or countenanced’.

Justice Nicholas disagreed and said that the nature of the activity was irrelevant.

‘If the applicant had been injured while playing a game of cards in her motel room she would be entitled to compensation,’ he argued.

Despite the apparent injuries it was not confirmed whether the light was pulled off the wall in the heat of the moment or fell of its own accord.